kea

«kea» in Mova's school dictionary: a large, olive-green mountain parrot from the South… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a kea, keas)

meaning for a pupil

A kea is a large, olive-green mountain parrot from the South Island of New Zealand, with bright orange under its wings, famous for being very clever and cheeky. tree →

sense in the lessons

In nature lessons about New Zealand, the kea is the world's only alpine (mountain) parrot. Keas solve puzzles, play in the snow, and love to pull apart cars, bags and boots, so they are called «the clown of the mountains». They are endangered and protected. Its name comes from the Māori language and copies its call, «kee-aa». Phrases: «cheeky kea», «kea-proof».

examples

• A kea pulled the rubber off our car window. tree →
• Keas live high in the mountains of New Zealand's South Island. tree →
• The kea's wings are bright orange underneath. tree →
• Scientists say keas are as clever as some monkeys at puzzles. tree →
• Don't leave your boots outside — the keas will steal them! tree →
• Keas are protected because only a few thousand are left. tree →

note

Plural «keas». Say KEE-a. The word is from te reo Māori. Trap: don't feed keas; human food harms them.

In the corpora

• The kea is a curious mountain parrot from New Zealand that solves problems, steals food and sometimes pulls rubber off cars.
• Big telescopes are built on high, dry mountains such as Mauna Kea in Hawaii and the Atacama Desert in Chile.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «kea» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.